This Is Beirut 2024-05-15 21:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah's response to Israel's elimination of one of its senior executives, Hussein Makki, on Tuesday evening, was swift. On Wednesday, the pro-Iranian group launched a salvo of Katyusha and Burkan rockets against Israeli positions. In a series of statements, it claimed to have targeted the headquarters of Brigade 91 at the Biranit barracks, and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-15 21:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday that he was opposed to Israeli military control or taking responsibility for the governance of the Gaza Strip after the ongoing war with Hamas. "Since October, I have been raising this issue consistently in the cabinet, and have received no response," Gallant said in a televised ...
Rayan Chami 2024-05-15 20:45 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for May 15th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-05-15 15:57 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Arab leaders are working to establish a possible post-war settlement, insisting on the long-held aim of realizing the establishment of a Palestinian state. As Israel keeps up its campaign against Hamas, Arab leaders are mapping out ways to support post-war Gaza, placing one major condition on their involvement: a pathway to Palestinian ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-15 12:58 - Reading : less than a minute
Hussein Makki, a prominent Hezbollah leader, was killed in a targeted Israeli drone strike on his car in the city of Tyre in South Lebanon, along with two of his companions. Israeli sources indicated that Makki had close ties to Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a high-ranking officer in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards who was killed in Damascus on April ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-05-14 21:18 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for May 14th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-05-14 21:13 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Two people were killed on Tuesday evening in an Israeli drone strike that targeted their car on the Tyre-Naqoura road, near a shopping center. Palestinian sources said the two victims were members of the Islamic Jihad. Their identities were not immediately released. Their car was targeted by three missiles. The raid followed a heavy exchange of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-14 21:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United Nations said on Tuesday that nearly 450,000 people have been displaced from Rafah since Israel began issuing evacuation orders for the south Gaza City eight days ago. At the same time, another 100,000 people have fled their homes amid renewed fighting in northern Gaza, the UN said, meaning that around a quarter of Gaza's population of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-14 14:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The top UN court said that it would hold hearings on Thursday and Friday over South Africa's request to impose emergency orders on Israel to halt its Rafah offensive. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will hear lawyers from South Africa on Thursday, followed by Israel's response the next day, it said in a statement. Earlier ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-05-13 20:38 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for May 13th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-05-12 22:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's military said Sunday it had opened a new border crossing into the northern Gaza Strip as aid agencies warned that barely any aid was reaching residents of the territory. "In accordance with the directive of the government of Israel and in coordination with the US government, the 'Western Erez' crossing was opened," the military said in a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-12 21:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Egypt announced on Sunday its intention to join South Africa in its recent request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to impose further emergency measures on Israel, according to a Foreign Ministry statement. Egypt on Sunday announced its intention to formally support South Africa's case at the ICJ against Israel, alleging genocide in ...